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carolina watchman hemi-wbekly vol xix salisbury n c may 13 1861 ntmblu 2 j j bruner editor and proprietor terms single copy , 2,00 kivo copies 8.00 ten copies 16 mi clubs exceed in ten in the saun jn t.rn.ni 1.50 ea.-h payment always in idv.tll.-l â€¢ il â– i english vli.ws the london times of the ifltli and 20th ult lias earnest articles on lhe atner ican crisis founded on the information it â€¢ had then received of the impending attack ii fort smuti-v whilst deprecating n war hen hi a terrible calamity it shows a strong leaning towards the southern con federacy in s-tji sentences as the follow g â€¢ â€” " lhe latest account from america arc minions in the extreme mid it is greatly feared that the north and the south will after all come to blows vve had hope i different result and we hope so still but it is ckeless lo disguise tbe feektig which prevails not less in new york than in h.iilfs'.on that a deadly colision is im pending â€” a fratricidal war imminent for this melancholy state of things people in europe were not prepared 11 supposing thai ine worst lias happen â€¢ i and either through the naval opera â€¢ ns of the united states or an attack on , lhe federal forts by their rivals hostilities have began it is ain thai a conflict of no common kind must follow the con federate slates though without a navy and consequently forced for the most part to remain on the defensive will be an en emy not easy to deal with " it loauld be a great political error mil ' . say a crime if he republican presi 1 ni should plunge the new world into war n order to show kin attachment tn his fir 'â– / or his const sunc with his former prin ciples " the war though short may in as sav age u any that has been carried on even by the spanish race llie americans are iu th highest duuree excitable and viu lictive ; the ferocity which they carry in to their domestic conflicts would be in creased largely when one side fancied it self to be resisting tyrants and the otlier punishing traitors hut we had rather not speculate or so great a calamity as ich a war would be we would rather hope that the good sense of the americans aud the peaceful couusels of this country may bring about a reconciliation before the dispute has been loo far envenomed as nig as tin two sections of the union re tvain from hostilities it would be the height of arrogance and folly to interfere but when lhe soil and sens ofthe new world are likely to be stained with blood foreign atiotis may surely remonstrate in the atise of humanity " as war s*n.Â»us to be regarded as eor trtin tin ouetthui that remains to be ask i is what will the principals gain by it j l is evident that j're-iident lincoln has neither an nittiv nor a navy at hand to make the south submit and it is euiutlhf rtatn that the south is ev more anx ious than the north to l it by a trial of strength the old government has cer tainly one alternative to which it mav re sort but il is vi terrible in cmicepuou and would pi'o*v*i so malignant in practice lhat w will do mr lincoln the justice of cxprefishtti our disbelief in bis ever having rei tmtr*.e to it the south is so strong m its tiicit ij m nnd that no amount nf fed - ml iftstxi wla<k cn h be brought into thel field within any reasonable period would j stand a chance of success ' but the wash ! ing to ii government might readily * * * a * * war thn inaugurated would pro ! bably be one ol the bloodiest and li.tiesi in tin whole records of mankind and witih the men ofthe south w,-re engaged putting it down their seaboard might be eour.-d their cities ravaged their properly confiscated or destroy by the unfooiw party an extreme ami des iterate di.-r oative like this would t**t th strength ofj the south but the probability ii that even it/'i iti.it such accumulated difficulties and odds tht south would ultimately triumph liet what would i the feeling that such an act would leave behind .' * * * the mo^t malignant hatred towards his own countrymen in the other seotions of the ib-publie â€” an animosity would be engen dered that time could not soften nor eir cumstanoas modify and the foundation would be laid for internioine wars more furious and destructive than any which tha liepublicans over waged against tbe lied indians ofthe prairies we cannot as we have said suppose that mr lincoln and , his supporters after their recent declara i tions would have recounts lo this diaboli c'tl polity . and y.t short of it w can see no reasonable prospect of success in soliciting nn encounter with the souui " if civil w.ir has really commenced be tween the north hinj the south tet hope dial tin representatives of england and france at washington have been instruct ed by then rttpettint ovvernmtnit to tender thru aid as mediators before tht struggle fte/s roused all the fierce passions which if continued for any length of time art eer tutu tn in called iitin play both nations wish well lo the american people both no alike interested in the general prosper ity of the country in every latitude : niul both un impelled towards it by the strong t*st sympathy il<Â«t ean animate friendly na tions this seems to us lln last resouiif before the sword is drawn and tbe scab bard thrown nwny and probably the sug gestion would meet the approval of thai large class in both extremes of the country which must look with horror and dismay al the prospect of men and brothers cut ting eatli tlier's throats under circumstan ces so fearfully provocative of vengeance | w c have substituted asterisks for some language manfestly improper to be pub lished ) the manchester guardian shvs that the enterprise of attempting to force the seceding states to return to their alle giance in i ir less justifiable now than it would have been al the beginning of mr lin in administration because it has become by the lapse of time infinitely dil lieult â€” â€¢ â€¢Â»- â€¢ correspondence of tlte a }*. tunes important from krance pan's thursday april 18 1861 the american minister it paris mr faulkner lias just had an interview with the french minister ol foreign affairs m thouvenel on the subject of the recognition of iho southern t confederacy mr faulkner informed the minister that he was instructed td say that the presi dent's policy was to be found in the inau gural address in fuh ; but in brief on the question of a recognition of the southern confederacy the president held that there was no fait accompli as yet and that to recognise thu confederacy under tbe pres ent state of things would be not only ille gal but an act of bad fai til to a friendly power desirous of settling its own internal affairs in it own way mr faulkner fin ished by protesting in the most solemn maiiiici against any recognition of the southern confederacy until tiie new min ister mr dayton should arrive m thouvenel then demanded to know if the cabinet at washington were not di vided in sentiment on tins question of re cognition to which tiie american min ister replied that untie any circumstan ces the members of the american cabinet were only advisory officers and that with the president remained the initiative and the responsibility of public acts such as ihese that these were the president's views and that these al.rrie were to be ta kt'ii nt guides in diplomatic actions m thouvetie then said that the got er unseat of the cut ltd states need not have a ni apprehension of a speedy recog nition uf the southern confederacy hy tht qoverumeru a france it was not the babit of the french government to act hastily in questions of *<> delicate a char acter llf pointed out the case of italy where apparently there could be no special objection i-j the recognition and yet from prudential motives the reooguition was withheld hie french government ad ded m thouvenel sees the present dissen t-mis in america with pain aud not only would desire to see the broken elements reunited hut would never step in by anv eel w ..;â– Â«_. wi - t widen tbe division or add fuel te the llam.s a the same lime m thouvenel said t h.i â€¢ ilm practice ol hrauce as indeed of most uf the kuropt.au power was now dearly understood in these cases of recog nition of new government a govern ment clearly established beyond dispute was a government de facto nnd must be recog nised and when the new american gov ernment at rived at lhat point be presum ed although bu had no right to prejudge the future it would i recognised m thouvenel then demanded informa tion on the subject ofthe now tariff which lie said so deeply affected french com merce mr faulkner informed bim that iron indications from washington he be lieved there would be ao extra session of congress and that tho tariff would l-e modified â€” a declaration which gave the foreign secretary great satisfaction and induced him to say to mr faulkner thai at the tiÂ«'xt meeting of the cabinet in would be pleased to repot t tins bepe to the emperor and his colleagues in the qoverntpent m tbouvenal assured mr faulkner that up to the present time he had nol been i spoken to bj any on on tbo subject of the recognition of the southern cotifeder ' acy i the apocalyptic vials opened â€” it one will pause and take a view i of the world at this moment he will j see what was never more perfectly i con upon the face of the earth the j world is convulsed as it probably | never has been since the creation j , with wars and rumors of wars by j famine and desolation history does : not present such a general tumult of j nations as we now see it would seem that the vials of the kcvola i tions were opened and that discord aud blood were rained down upon our generation what the issue will i be of all the dreadful entanglements which now environ the nations time only will show certainly no one can divine it within a few years j we have beheld the most magnifi cently dreadful wars of which iiisto ry has any record nations have been conquered and subjugated to the caprices of ambitious and tyrati ' nical sovereigns indian revolts syrian massacres and murderous ! siege have sapped the life-blood ofl millions europe is just now con vulsed from centre to circumference i poland ami hungary are ripe for re - v it russia has emancipated her i serfs ami annexed a large tract of country lately derived from china whose coasts are still infested and i guar led by english and french j lleets sardinia stands demanding i veuitia and koine ami austria and germany pruper resist her france holds syria for the sultan of that wretched country but is ready to appropriate it to herself whenever | emperor napoleon thinks it policy ' to do so england and france are lifting out naval fleets for the coasts ofthe united states ami the united \ states themselves are disrupted ' threatening civil waratany moment ! spain has seized upon san domingo ' and threatens ifayti and mexico while mexico on her part threaten to conquer texas several of the south american republics are quar relling j.uenos ay res and para guay are at swords points in in dia famine is following a dreadful massacre and revolt and this famine reaches into persia and china in ! holland the inundation of the conn ! try caused by the breaking away of the dikes has destroyed its thous ands and left homeless and starving thousands upon thousands more â€” the temporal power of the pope topples the whole world seems on tho eve of a general war ami is only waiting for some one to strike the tir6t blow â€” athen o mettettaci well done tennessee ! â€” two coun ties in the gallant volunteer state â€” lincoln and franklin â€” have furnish ed one entire regiment of eleven hundred men who passed through knoxvillo on the 2d instant on their way to virginia in this regiment there are over two hundred men ovrr six feet high and two hundred able bodied men under twenty years of hge tin whole regiment are rental liable for their tine physical appearance and soldierly bearing they have ar rived at lynchburg va steamboat seined â€” the authori ties at napoleon ark took posses sion on monday of the steamboat hetty gil more another boat owned in cincinnati they are determined to hold antl possess all steamboats owned in cincinnati at least till the arras and ammunition belonging to arkansas are delivered up i richmond may 7 â€” the new or i leans regiment which arrived last evening over 000 strong are a splen did looking body of men gen harney has published a let ter declaring his loyalty to the un ion and remonstrating against the iecepsion of missouri sew aud on tiik union the administration bus published secretary se ward's instructions to mr dayton who lias just eailoil us 1 minister to france the following is the material paragraph .' vou cannot be too decided or too explicit in making known to the i french government that there is not i now nor has there been nor will there ho â€” the least idea existing in this government of suffering a dis solution of this union to take place in any way whatever there will he ' hero only one nation and one gov ernment and there will be the same constitutional jnion that have al ready survived a dozen national changes and changes of government ; in almost every other country these will stand hereafter as tbey are now objects of human wonder and human affection yon have seen on the eve of yonr departure the elasticity of the national spirit the vigor of the national government and the lavish devotion nf the national treasures to , tin's great cause tell m thouven el then with the highest considera tion and good feeling that the tho't of n dissolution of this union peace ably i bv force bus never entered into the mind of any candid states man here and it is high time that it be dismissed by statesmen in europe after ten years of exhausting war mr seward if he should live so long may change his opinion about there being a dissolution of the union and may possibly think tiiat it would been well to have done justice now \ or to have cmit-cuted to a peaceable dissolution chances ok hking killed in wak ' â€” marshal saxe a high authority in such things was iu the habit of say | ing that kill a man in battle the j man's weight in lead must be expen 1 ded a french medical and surgi cal < azette published at lyons says this fact was verilied at solferino j even with the recent great improve ment ill hre-anii the anstriatis tired eight millions four hundred rounds the loss of the french ami i italians was two thousand killed and ten thousand wounded each man hit cost seven hundred rounds and every man killed cost four thousand ' two hundred rounds the mean weight of halls is one ounce thus we lind that it required on an aver age two hundred and seventy lbs of lead to kill a man if any of our friends should get into a military light they should feel great comfort in the fact that seven bundled shots may be fired at them before they are hit anil four thousand two hundred before thev " shuffle off the mortal coil tin itnai.rska zouaves â€” col w ii thomas senator from jack sou has at the service of the state one of the most remarkable bodies of men in the country it is a compa ny of 0u cherokee indians organ iced for battle and styled the " ju mil nska zouaves colonel thomas who is the business agent of the clierokees lately called a council of the indians and explained to them the condition of the country the chiefs discussed the matter and said that although they did not under stand the national difficulty they did know noith carolina ami would stand by her they were ready for any position in her defence out ofj a nation of some lf.uu they muster 20u win riots for tin delence of north . ( at'ol ma 1 he cherokceb are expert ! riflemen ihey know nothing of military tactics but show them their i work ami then they have only to be ) told when to cease lighting they fight in their own way and every man for himself the zouaves are ready at a moments notice â€” raleigh journal by the last news from japan we learn thai a town of ten thousand in habitants situated 6ome two hun dred miles trom ivanagawa was en tirely swallowed up by au earth quake a few months since ri.signkd â€” capt solomon wil liams a native of nash county baa resigned his commission in the u.s army and has returned from new mexico to place himself at the ser vice of his native state capt w graduated with distinction at w t eet point has seen much service and is reputed to he a most gallant officer the state needs such men â€” raleigh journal look out for lincoln spies â€¢ there is reason to believe that the lincoln government has sent out a number of spies to the south for the purpose of learning our defence our numbers and plans of our military operations let our boarding-hous es hotels and restaurants keep a bright look out as to the character of their guests this notice or a similar one has already appeared in the columns of the express but it cannot be repeated too often pe tersburg express the blockading force the block ading force under captain string ham will consist of at least fifty war vessels accompanied by a sufficient number of steam transports for the accommodation of a land force of 20,000 strong thus it will be enough to make an efficient block ade of every inlet on the southern coast into which any vessel drawing six feet of water might otherwise enter â€” washington letter from washington ma alexan dria â€” alexandria may t â€” sew ard's instructions to dayton the mew minister to france are per emptory to oppose the recognition of the southern confederacy he is determined to wage a civil war large quantities of troops ammu nition and supplies are passing up to washington in ships connecticut â€” danijuky conn may 5 â€” a large indignation meet ing was held here this afternoon and resolutions passed complaining of the scantiness of provisions occ fur nished the first regiment of con necticut volunteers now quartered at new haven instead of 30 cents worth of provisions they get less than 12 cents worth per day the ration for one meal is as follows â€” two very small potatoes one ounce of bread and one quarter of au ounce of fat meat much feeling is manifested and if the matter is not remedied there will probably be trouble getting rid of the rogues one hundred and fifty-one ofthe zouaves have been deprived of their places in the ranks their uniforms taken from them and they sent home two new york detectives are iiere pick ing out the disreputable characters â€” wash let to v y times twenty of the zouaves are in iron6 for breaking into the steward's pan try others were found with stones in their pockets and many now pa rade the streets singing patriotic songs n*ew yorkers are rather dis posed to laugh at their pranks wash letter to a v ex red petticoat regiment â€” wc are informed that the ladies will present " red petticoats to the members of congress from north carolina who clamored for secession and made furious war speeches but not one of them has gone forth to defend the soil ; the ladies will likewise present a garment of the same description to the editors of all the secession journals in the state that raved so vehemently for disunion for theirl bravery in remaining at home when the south is being invaded â€” ireddlm express ciood let them bo sent out a large union meeting was held at wheeling on saturday ovening-h resistance to secession was urgeob and a division of tho state fuvoredh there are 5,000 troops in camp a'fl harrisburg thev refuse to eat mesb pork subsistence cost 1,300 peb

carolina watchman hemi-wbekly vol xix salisbury n c may 13 1861 ntmblu 2 j j bruner editor and proprietor terms single copy , 2,00 kivo copies 8.00 ten copies 16 mi clubs exceed in ten in the saun jn t.rn.ni 1.50 ea.-h payment always in idv.tll.-l â€¢ il â– i english vli.ws the london times of the ifltli and 20th ult lias earnest articles on lhe atner ican crisis founded on the information it â€¢ had then received of the impending attack ii fort smuti-v whilst deprecating n war hen hi a terrible calamity it shows a strong leaning towards the southern con federacy in s-tji sentences as the follow g â€¢ â€” " lhe latest account from america arc minions in the extreme mid it is greatly feared that the north and the south will after all come to blows vve had hope i different result and we hope so still but it is ckeless lo disguise tbe feektig which prevails not less in new york than in h.iilfs'.on that a deadly colision is im pending â€” a fratricidal war imminent for this melancholy state of things people in europe were not prepared 11 supposing thai ine worst lias happen â€¢ i and either through the naval opera â€¢ ns of the united states or an attack on , lhe federal forts by their rivals hostilities have began it is ain thai a conflict of no common kind must follow the con federate slates though without a navy and consequently forced for the most part to remain on the defensive will be an en emy not easy to deal with " it loauld be a great political error mil ' . say a crime if he republican presi 1 ni should plunge the new world into war n order to show kin attachment tn his fir 'â– / or his const sunc with his former prin ciples " the war though short may in as sav age u any that has been carried on even by the spanish race llie americans are iu th highest duuree excitable and viu lictive ; the ferocity which they carry in to their domestic conflicts would be in creased largely when one side fancied it self to be resisting tyrants and the otlier punishing traitors hut we had rather not speculate or so great a calamity as ich a war would be we would rather hope that the good sense of the americans aud the peaceful couusels of this country may bring about a reconciliation before the dispute has been loo far envenomed as nig as tin two sections of the union re tvain from hostilities it would be the height of arrogance and folly to interfere but when lhe soil and sens ofthe new world are likely to be stained with blood foreign atiotis may surely remonstrate in the atise of humanity " as war s*n.Â»us to be regarded as eor trtin tin ouetthui that remains to be ask i is what will the principals gain by it j l is evident that j're-iident lincoln has neither an nittiv nor a navy at hand to make the south submit and it is euiutlhf rtatn that the south is ev more anx ious than the north to l it by a trial of strength the old government has cer tainly one alternative to which it mav re sort but il is vi terrible in cmicepuou and would pi'o*v*i so malignant in practice lhat w will do mr lincoln the justice of cxprefishtti our disbelief in bis ever having rei tmtr*.e to it the south is so strong m its tiicit ij m nnd that no amount nf fed - ml iftstxi wla delicate a char acter llf pointed out the case of italy where apparently there could be no special objection i-j the recognition and yet from prudential motives the reooguition was withheld hie french government ad ded m thouvenel sees the present dissen t-mis in america with pain aud not only would desire to see the broken elements reunited hut would never step in by anv eel w ..;â– Â«_. wi - t widen tbe division or add fuel te the llam.s a the same lime m thouvenel said t h.i â€¢ ilm practice ol hrauce as indeed of most uf the kuropt.au power was now dearly understood in these cases of recog nition of new government a govern ment clearly established beyond dispute was a government de facto nnd must be recog nised and when the new american gov ernment at rived at lhat point be presum ed although bu had no right to prejudge the future it would i recognised m thouvenel then demanded informa tion on the subject ofthe now tariff which lie said so deeply affected french com merce mr faulkner informed bim that iron indications from washington he be lieved there would be ao extra session of congress and that tho tariff would l-e modified â€” a declaration which gave the foreign secretary great satisfaction and induced him to say to mr faulkner thai at the tiÂ«'xt meeting of the cabinet in would be pleased to repot t tins bepe to the emperor and his colleagues in the qoverntpent m tbouvenal assured mr faulkner that up to the present time he had nol been i spoken to bj any on on tbo subject of the recognition of the southern cotifeder ' acy i the apocalyptic vials opened â€” it one will pause and take a view i of the world at this moment he will j see what was never more perfectly i con upon the face of the earth the j world is convulsed as it probably | never has been since the creation j , with wars and rumors of wars by j famine and desolation history does : not present such a general tumult of j nations as we now see it would seem that the vials of the kcvola i tions were opened and that discord aud blood were rained down upon our generation what the issue will i be of all the dreadful entanglements which now environ the nations time only will show certainly no one can divine it within a few years j we have beheld the most magnifi cently dreadful wars of which iiisto ry has any record nations have been conquered and subjugated to the caprices of ambitious and tyrati ' nical sovereigns indian revolts syrian massacres and murderous ! siege have sapped the life-blood ofl millions europe is just now con vulsed from centre to circumference i poland ami hungary are ripe for re - v it russia has emancipated her i serfs ami annexed a large tract of country lately derived from china whose coasts are still infested and i guar led by english and french j lleets sardinia stands demanding i veuitia and koine ami austria and germany pruper resist her france holds syria for the sultan of that wretched country but is ready to appropriate it to herself whenever | emperor napoleon thinks it policy ' to do so england and france are lifting out naval fleets for the coasts ofthe united states ami the united \ states themselves are disrupted ' threatening civil waratany moment ! spain has seized upon san domingo ' and threatens ifayti and mexico while mexico on her part threaten to conquer texas several of the south american republics are quar relling j.uenos ay res and para guay are at swords points in in dia famine is following a dreadful massacre and revolt and this famine reaches into persia and china in ! holland the inundation of the conn ! try caused by the breaking away of the dikes has destroyed its thous ands and left homeless and starving thousands upon thousands more â€” the temporal power of the pope topples the whole world seems on tho eve of a general war ami is only waiting for some one to strike the tir6t blow â€” athen o mettettaci well done tennessee ! â€” two coun ties in the gallant volunteer state â€” lincoln and franklin â€” have furnish ed one entire regiment of eleven hundred men who passed through knoxvillo on the 2d instant on their way to virginia in this regiment there are over two hundred men ovrr six feet high and two hundred able bodied men under twenty years of hge tin whole regiment are rental liable for their tine physical appearance and soldierly bearing they have ar rived at lynchburg va steamboat seined â€” the authori ties at napoleon ark took posses sion on monday of the steamboat hetty gil more another boat owned in cincinnati they are determined to hold antl possess all steamboats owned in cincinnati at least till the arras and ammunition belonging to arkansas are delivered up i richmond may 7 â€” the new or i leans regiment which arrived last evening over 000 strong are a splen did looking body of men gen harney has published a let ter declaring his loyalty to the un ion and remonstrating against the iecepsion of missouri sew aud on tiik union the administration bus published secretary se ward's instructions to mr dayton who lias just eailoil us 1 minister to france the following is the material paragraph .' vou cannot be too decided or too explicit in making known to the i french government that there is not i now nor has there been nor will there ho â€” the least idea existing in this government of suffering a dis solution of this union to take place in any way whatever there will he ' hero only one nation and one gov ernment and there will be the same constitutional jnion that have al ready survived a dozen national changes and changes of government ; in almost every other country these will stand hereafter as tbey are now objects of human wonder and human affection yon have seen on the eve of yonr departure the elasticity of the national spirit the vigor of the national government and the lavish devotion nf the national treasures to , tin's great cause tell m thouven el then with the highest considera tion and good feeling that the tho't of n dissolution of this union peace ably i bv force bus never entered into the mind of any candid states man here and it is high time that it be dismissed by statesmen in europe after ten years of exhausting war mr seward if he should live so long may change his opinion about there being a dissolution of the union and may possibly think tiiat it would been well to have done justice now \ or to have cmit-cuted to a peaceable dissolution chances ok hking killed in wak ' â€” marshal saxe a high authority in such things was iu the habit of say | ing that kill a man in battle the j man's weight in lead must be expen 1 ded a french medical and surgi cal < azette published at lyons says this fact was verilied at solferino j even with the recent great improve ment ill hre-anii the anstriatis tired eight millions four hundred rounds the loss of the french ami i italians was two thousand killed and ten thousand wounded each man hit cost seven hundred rounds and every man killed cost four thousand ' two hundred rounds the mean weight of halls is one ounce thus we lind that it required on an aver age two hundred and seventy lbs of lead to kill a man if any of our friends should get into a military light they should feel great comfort in the fact that seven bundled shots may be fired at them before they are hit anil four thousand two hundred before thev " shuffle off the mortal coil tin itnai.rska zouaves â€” col w ii thomas senator from jack sou has at the service of the state one of the most remarkable bodies of men in the country it is a compa ny of 0u cherokee indians organ iced for battle and styled the " ju mil nska zouaves colonel thomas who is the business agent of the clierokees lately called a council of the indians and explained to them the condition of the country the chiefs discussed the matter and said that although they did not under stand the national difficulty they did know noith carolina ami would stand by her they were ready for any position in her defence out ofj a nation of some lf.uu they muster 20u win riots for tin delence of north . ( at'ol ma 1 he cherokceb are expert ! riflemen ihey know nothing of military tactics but show them their i work ami then they have only to be ) told when to cease lighting they fight in their own way and every man for himself the zouaves are ready at a moments notice â€” raleigh journal by the last news from japan we learn thai a town of ten thousand in habitants situated 6ome two hun dred miles trom ivanagawa was en tirely swallowed up by au earth quake a few months since ri.signkd â€” capt solomon wil liams a native of nash county baa resigned his commission in the u.s army and has returned from new mexico to place himself at the ser vice of his native state capt w graduated with distinction at w t eet point has seen much service and is reputed to he a most gallant officer the state needs such men â€” raleigh journal look out for lincoln spies â€¢ there is reason to believe that the lincoln government has sent out a number of spies to the south for the purpose of learning our defence our numbers and plans of our military operations let our boarding-hous es hotels and restaurants keep a bright look out as to the character of their guests this notice or a similar one has already appeared in the columns of the express but it cannot be repeated too often pe tersburg express the blockading force the block ading force under captain string ham will consist of at least fifty war vessels accompanied by a sufficient number of steam transports for the accommodation of a land force of 20,000 strong thus it will be enough to make an efficient block ade of every inlet on the southern coast into which any vessel drawing six feet of water might otherwise enter â€” washington letter from washington ma alexan dria â€” alexandria may t â€” sew ard's instructions to dayton the mew minister to france are per emptory to oppose the recognition of the southern confederacy he is determined to wage a civil war large quantities of troops ammu nition and supplies are passing up to washington in ships connecticut â€” danijuky conn may 5 â€” a large indignation meet ing was held here this afternoon and resolutions passed complaining of the scantiness of provisions occ fur nished the first regiment of con necticut volunteers now quartered at new haven instead of 30 cents worth of provisions they get less than 12 cents worth per day the ration for one meal is as follows â€” two very small potatoes one ounce of bread and one quarter of au ounce of fat meat much feeling is manifested and if the matter is not remedied there will probably be trouble getting rid of the rogues one hundred and fifty-one ofthe zouaves have been deprived of their places in the ranks their uniforms taken from them and they sent home two new york detectives are iiere pick ing out the disreputable characters â€” wash let to v y times twenty of the zouaves are in iron6 for breaking into the steward's pan try others were found with stones in their pockets and many now pa rade the streets singing patriotic songs n*ew yorkers are rather dis posed to laugh at their pranks wash letter to a v ex red petticoat regiment â€” wc are informed that the ladies will present " red petticoats to the members of congress from north carolina who clamored for secession and made furious war speeches but not one of them has gone forth to defend the soil ; the ladies will likewise present a garment of the same description to the editors of all the secession journals in the state that raved so vehemently for disunion for theirl bravery in remaining at home when the south is being invaded â€” ireddlm express ciood let them bo sent out a large union meeting was held at wheeling on saturday ovening-h resistance to secession was urgeob and a division of tho state fuvoredh there are 5,000 troops in camp a'fl harrisburg thev refuse to eat mesb pork subsistence cost 1,300 peb